residence hall (of faculty and students of Union Theological Seminary)

ca. 1830

library

ca. 1830

chapel

ca. 1830

classrooms

ca. 2004-present (2006)

residence hall

Narrative:
When it was completed in 1830, Venable Hall provided the first seminary in the South and eventually became the head institution of the Southern Presbyterian Church. The exterior was restored in 1985 and the interior modernized. It was built in three stages over six years. The significant cupola, modeled on classic forms, was hidden for nearly a century under fishtale tin shingles.

References:

Brinkley, John L. On This Hill: A Narrative History of Hampden-Sydney College. Hampden-Sydney, VA: Hampden-Sydney College, 1994.